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Sometimes, our data is collected and sold to companies that don’t care about protecting it. Tap or click here to see how a data breach revealed what Walmart, ICE and Best Buy have been up to with your personal info. If businesses are exploring tracking your face when you visit their stores, how much further are they willing to go with your online data? If you want to block out the snoops and regain control of your digital information, there’s a new way to do it....

It was a big missing piece in ’s productivity suite. th the update, you can now grab a picture from your camera roll or take a new photo with the camera in both Slides Docs. Slides allows you to double-tap the image crop it down to where you want it to fit on the screen. says these features will still function if you’re working with a file offline. To round out the updates to its suite, Sheets is getting some bug fixes stability improvements....

Android Auto was supposed to fix that. oblem is, automakers have been driving in the slow lane when it comes to actually building it into their cars. So opted to take matters into its own hs update Android Auto to operate in a stalone mode that lets you run it on your phone. Android Auto is quite good, genuinely improves the in-car experience. If you’re tired of having a dumb car, or just frustrated that your smart vehicle isn’t that brainy, here’s why you should get revved up with Android Auto....

According to a Reddit member, the Motorola Droid Turbo 2 causes a reboot when the data space on the phone is used up, forcing a factory reset to the phone. In this particular instance, it seems that the issue was caused by the phone’s camera accidentally activating while the phone was in the pocket of the user. The recording, subsequently filled up the storage prompting a low storage warning. The acknowledgement of the warning message then caused the phone to suddenly do a reboot....

Given YouTube videos’ ephemeral nature, one day that clip may no longer be there. Perhaps your favorite video is a few copyright strikes away from being removed. What if the original poster decides to close their account? Several things could happen, leaving you without your go-to clips. There’s a simple solution: download the YouTube videos you love and save them on your hard drive. Here’s the easiest way to do it....

“That really will be a massive driver of Tesla’s growth,” the CEO said. Beyond that, he touted the impact the vehicle could have on transportation affordability. “Especially with the robotaxi and autonomy, I think we’ll end up providing consumers with by far the lowest cost per mile transport that they’ve ever experienced,” he said on Wednesday’s Q1 earnings conference call. “Looking at some of our projections, it would appear a robotaxi ride would cost less than a bus ticket – a subsidized bus ticket or a subsidized subway ticket....

That is a huge amount of unwanted mail. It not only clogs up your inbox but also slows down the internet trying to process it all. To put that in perspective, it costs businesses $20.5 billion every year to combat the problem. Tap or click here to check if your email address is spreading spam. To find the biggest culprits, look no further than the U.S. Research company Spamhaus concluded that seven of the 10 biggest spam companies in the world are American....

If only our phones came with built-in text-messaging encryption to help ease our fears. That’s the idea behind CyanogenMod’s encrypted text-messaging feature. The developers behind the custom version of Android announced today that a future version of its custom operating system will enable always-on, end-to-end text message encryption between users, essentially keeping the conversation strictly between you the receiver. To make this feature a possibility, Cyanogen partnered with Open isper Systems, the team behind open source apps like TextSecure, which secures texts phone calls....

Now, Facebook is definitely not depending solely on Instagram to take on Snapchat. Facebook introduced an upgraded camera in Facebook messenger that promises to not only be simpler, it now features a Camera with built-in 3D Effects & more. The new camera integrated with both Android and iOS apps and is much faster and easier to use with special effects and art. Facebook says the new feature will replace the keyboard....

However, nine years ago a security expert already raised the alarm and nobody paid much attention to him, until now. Apparently, as Mozilla recognizes, the Firefox master password is potentially unsafe because it uses soft SHA-1 encryption and is too easy to dodge to save your passwords. With a good CPU, you can crack the encryption key in just a 1 minute, something that several security analysts have pointed out is a very important error....

Swiftmoji starts things off, as SwiftKey’s new learning keyboard gets you the smileys you need without fuss, while Arts & Culture offers a Cardboard VR tour of museums galleries around the world Deezer brings its streaming service to the United States. Meanwhile, Dots & Co continues the puzzle-solving success of Two Dots with a fun new hook, while Hatoful Boyfriend might be the strangest game you’ll play all year (in a good way)....

The All New HTC One is no mystery device. However, the functioning of its unique dual camera arrangement on the back was still somewhat of a secret to us. However, a brochure from Australian carrier Telstra has revealed quite a lot about this new ‘Duo Camera’. As most of you might have suspected, this twin setup will be utilized for better focusing of pictures along with improved low-light photography. The focusing features are also present in the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S5, LG G Pro 2 as well as the Sony Xperia Z2, so it’s only logical that HTC would try to implement a similar functionality....

While Qualcomm made these changes without much fanfare, speculations and rumors started gathering storm, and today, Qualcomm’s Sr. Director for Product Management, Camera, Computer Vision and Video, Judd Heape, spoke to a select set of Indian tech journalists to bust some myths surrounding smartphone cameras including the support for cameras up to 192MP. Mr. Heape categorically ruled out the possibility of seeing actual smartphones with 192MP cameras anytime soon, but he said he expects to see Smartphone OEMs launch devices with 100MP and above cameras later this year....

Chromebox: No, Google Hasn’t Abandoned Chrome OS And now, we have received proof that Google is not done tackling the Chrome OS idea. Information about pricing and specs regarding the upcoming Chromebox, a device that will be released in a partnership with Samsung, have leaked online. A prototype of the device was showcased during the CES but since then, no new information surfaced about it. If the information is to be believed, the new ChromeBox miniPC (now for sale at TigerDirect) will come packed with a 1....

As a result, the incidents of unlawful interception of data as well as violation of usage policies at work require the analysis of data that span across not only many organizations within a country but also bodies that cross international borders. This presents the law enforcement with a challenge to make use of network forensics in combating these increase in violations and interceptions. Even though forensics has been kept in increasing pace with technology, it still faces diverse challenges and issues in terms of the efficiency of digital evidence processing and the related forensic procedures....

But it turns out that such magic requires dual partitions, which is quite a technical feat to implement on the current generation of smartphones. In the case of the latest Nexus devices, representatives told the crowd at the Android team’s office hours event at I/O that the background update feature won’t be available for current-generation Nexus devices. That means it’s likely that all currently-available Android phones tablets won’t get the feature....

In a very surprising move today, CyanogenMod founder and lead developer – Steve Kondik – announced that Cyanogen Inc. is now a full fledged company. The talks about turning this after market custom ROM into a company started late last year, with the company being founded in April this year. Since then, Cyanogen Inc. has been silently working from its offices in Palo Alto and Seattle, and has rolled out many new features and services like Privacy Guard, Focal and CyanogenMod account....

1. Apple devices found to be vulnerable to zero-day flaw in mail app Security researchers found two critical flaws on the pre-installed mail app on millions of iPhones and iPads. Attackers have been exploiting these flaws in the wild for at least the last two years to spy on high-profile victims. The flaws let remote hackers secretly take complete control over Apple devices just by sending an email to the victim....

“They found one individual male down and that he was deceased,” Urena said. “Through further investigation they determined that there were no other individuals involved and they believe it was an isolated incident, and that there’s nobody else on the campus or in the public that is at risk.” The Santa Clara County Medical-Examiner Coroner’s Office will determine the cause of the person’s death, Urena said. According to the dispatch audio, it was reported that the person was bleeding from the head and “possibly has a gun,” and was being accompanied by the security....

Last week Microsoft announced the Windows 11 Insider Preview for developers. The early preview offers a glimpse at the latest Windows operating system. The Windows 11 looks slick and seems to be inspired by macOS to some extent. Some developers have gotten hold of Windows 11 ARM 64 and successfully flashed it on Xiaomi Mi 8. The Windows 11 preview is already available, and this includes the ARM version. The developers have managed to load it on Xiaomi Mi 8 and older phones like the Lumia 950 XL....